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Keon Coleman scores on lone reception

Keon Coleman was held to just one catch in Week 5 against the Rams, but it went for a seven-yard TD in the overtime win.

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Oct 13 • 1:24 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Joe Manganiello: Sofía Vergara Ridiculed Him Over Dog During Health Scare

In his memoir 'Bloodlines,' the actor says his then-wife refused to hug him, and mocked him for the chihuahua that helped him at a time when he was dealing with a seven-year illness.

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Oct 12 • 8:12 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Week 5 inactives for Bills

Bills have declared seven players inactive for Week 5

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Oct 12 • 6:56 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Show at Union Cemetery highlights seven KC Halloween entertainment offerings

“Electric Poe” has become an annual outdoor production since Coterie created it in 2020 during the pandemic.

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Oct 12 • 3:48 PM EDT • Entertainment • kansascity.com
Lancet Commission identifies seventeen catastrophic threats to global health

Global experts warn that today's decisions across health, finance, climate, defense and security sectors will determine how many years of good health future generations gain - or lose - to preventable illness and early death by 2100.

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Oct 12 • 12:55 PM EDT • Health • news-medical.net
Walldog murals brightening Keokuk Cultural and Entertainment District

The nonprofit group Keokuk Walldogs has completed seven murals in the community, and they’re now getting to work on their next one.

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Oct 12 • 12:39 PM EDT • Entertainment • tspr.org
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Tyler Allgeier an afterthought in Week 5

Arizona Cardinals RB Tyler Allgeier rushed three times for seven yards and caught two passes for nine yards in the Week 5 loss to the Detroit Lions.

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Oct 12 • 11:37 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Hundreds attend Local 12 Women’s Wellness Expo in Sharonville
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Oct 12 • 10:38 AM EDT • Health • local12.com
(BPRW) SRT Entertainment Revives Knock’em Out The Box Records With 001myke’s Debut Album “SEVENTEEN” - “Picture Perfect” Official Music Video - Submitted for GRAMMY® Consideration

(Black PR Wire) SRT Entertainment has revived Knock’em Out The Box Records, the New York hip-hop label founded in 1989 by veteran record executive D.A. Johnson whose career includes Bellmark/Life, Malaco, eOne and C&C Music Factor...

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Oct 12 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • blackprwire.com
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Holly Madison has thrown her support behind the controversial Playmates movie.The 46-year-old beauty — who was the late Hugh Hefner's 'number one girlfriend' when they were together for seven years in the early 2000s — has shared her support for the film and its writer, Lorraine Nicholson, after the Playboy founder's third wife Crystal Harris recently called on Jessica Biel...

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Oct 12 • 5:04 AM EDT • Entertainment • asiaone.com
Nickelback to Return to Australia for the First Time Since 2019

The Canadian rock band will play seven Australian dates in October 2027 with Don Broco.

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Oct 12 • 3:35 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Ravens have few answers in coverage for Drake London

Drake London led all players on Sunday Night Football with 118 yards on seven receptions in a loss to the Ravens.

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Oct 12 • 2:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Britney Spears claims she worked 'seven days a week for 15 years'

Britney Spears has revealed she travelled for the first time on her own around six years ago.

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Oct 12 • 12:18 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
RJ Harvey limited to three touches in Week 5

Denver Broncos RB RJ Harvey manages just seven yards in Week 5 win over Chargers

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Oct 11 • 9:33 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Matthew Golden surpasses 100-yard mark

Packers WR Matthew Golden caught six of his seven targets and posted another 100-yard game

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Oct 11 • 7:42 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Forty new games are coming to Xbox consoles next week.

Microsoft's gaming platform ecosystem is gearing up for a major expansion of its catalog. Over the next seven days, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox...

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Oct 11 • 7:21 PM EDT • Technology • en.gamegpu.com
Garrett Wilson goes over century mark

New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson posted seven receptions for 104 yards and a touchdown on 11 targets in Week 5

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Oct 11 • 6:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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7 ways science is changing the Arctic expedition experience

As travellers seek more meaningful experiences, HX highlights seven ways that science-led travel is changing the Arctic expedition experience.

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Oct 11 • 6:00 PM EDT • Science • karryon.com.au
Justin Jefferson scores TD in Louisiana return

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson posted six receptions for 79 yards and a touchdown on seven targets in Week 5

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Oct 11 • 4:26 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Makai Lemon finishes Week 5 with five receptions

Eagles WR Makai Lemon catches five of his seven targets in Week 5

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Oct 11 • 2:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Study finds positive parenting teaches children how to experience joy—and could lead to better mental health

More than one in five adults in the U.S. experience mental illness each year, according to data from the National Alliance on Mental Illness. And more than one in seven young people ages 6–17 experience ...

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Oct 11 • 2:00 PM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com
Broncos Make Unexpected Roster Move Right Before Crucial Chargers Showdown

The Denver Broncos signed veteran defensive back Ugo Amadi to their practice squad before their divisional game. Denver needed help in the secondary after starting cornerbacks Patrick Surtain II and Riley Moss got hurt in Week 4. Amadi has previously played for six NFL teams and now joins his seventh, giving the Broncos an experienced […] The post Broncos Make Unexpected Roster Move Right Before Crucial Chargers Showdown appeared first on Gridiron Heroics.

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Oct 11 • 1:46 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Week 5 inactives for Commanders

Commanders declare seven players inactive for Week 5

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Oct 11 • 12:11 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dodgers Remove Kim From NLCS Roster; Add Wrobleski

Prioritizing mound depth for a grueling seven-game stretch, Los Angeles Dodgers' Dave Roberts swaps an infielder for a left-handed pitcher.

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Oct 11 • 12:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Top Entertainment Stocks To Follow Today

Verizon Communications, Walt Disney, SEA, Spotify Technology, Roblox, GameStop, and Autodesk are the seven Entertainment stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Entertainment stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in producing, distributing, or deliver

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Oct 11 • 12:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • marketbeat.com
Week 5 inactives for Vikings

Minnesota declares seven players inactive versus New Orleans

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Oct 11 • 11:59 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
André Luiz scores 2 goals for Sporting KC in 3-3 tie with Timbers

André Luiz scored two goals and became the first player in club history with seven goals in their first seven appearances for Sporting Kansas City in a 3-3 tie with the Portland Timbers on Saturday night.

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Oct 11 • 10:56 AM EDT • Sports • opb.org
NLCS notes: Tarik Skubal, Shohei Ohtani, Max Muncy

After a three-day hiatus, the Dodgers are back in business on Sunday as they begin the 2026 National League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers. Tarik Skubal was handed the ball for Game 1 of the NLDS against the Atlanta Braves, and he managed to allow just one run while striking out seven across six […]

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Oct 11 • 8:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Recap: Sporting KC comes back to earn 3-3 draw with Portland

Sporting Kansas City (6-18-4, 22 pts.) produced a rousing second-half comeback to earn a 3-3 draw with Portland Timbers (9-13-6, 33 pts.) at Sporting Park on Saturday night. Andre Luiz scored another pair of goals to take him to seven goals in his first seven appearances for the club, while

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Oct 11 • 12:23 AM EDT • Sports • sportingkc.com
Maple Leafs Get Telling Sergei Bobrovsky Reaction From William Nylander

As part of their monumental summer of change, the Toronto Maple Leafs brought in multiple new faces, including the likes of Nick Paul and Darren Raddysh from the divisional rival Tampa Bay Lightning, along with goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, who had played the last seven years with the rival Florida Panthers. Of course, Bobrovsky had helped […] The post Maple Leafs Get Telling Sergei Bobrovsky Reaction From William Nylander appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 10 • 7:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Arc Raiders' 2.0 Update and 'Spider-Man' Grappling Hook Drive Player Count to Reach 7-Month High

The new Arc Raiders 2.0 update has triggered a seven-month high for its concurrent player count on Steam as fans show up for its "Spider-Man" grappling hook, a new map, a free weekend, and more.

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Oct 10 • 5:07 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Florida vs South Carolina weather updates: Latest forecast for SEC Week 6 game

Florida and South Carolina hit a weather delay at halftime in Gainesville with the Gamecocks up seven.

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Oct 10 • 2:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
We're moms with 7 kids between us, and we went to Disney World alone

My friend and I are both moms and left our seven kids at home to go to Disney World. We visited three parks, rode 12 rides, and loved every minute.

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Oct 10 • 8:11 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
SEVENTEEN's Hoshi drops love song 'Boyfriend' during military service

Hoshi of K-pop boy group SEVENTEEN is dropping a new digital single, "Boyfriend," at 6 p.m. on Saturday, the latest in a string of solo releases si...

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Oct 10 • 3:33 AM EDT • Entertainment • koreatimes.co.kr
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Latino nonprofits start their own shops to make helping small businesses their business

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — From the pink neon sign on the sunshine yellow wall to the multicolored Mexican paper garlands, Mission Lotería's storefront emits cultural pride everywhere you look. After seven ...

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Oct 10 • 12:02 AM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Leclerc Praises Hamilton: 'He Is Driving at an Exceptional Level'

The Monegasque highlights his teammate's performance in his second season with Ferrari and notes that he is a seven-time world champion. Despite the on-track friction, the two's relationship remains solid, and Ferrari arrives in Singapore with moderate expectations.

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Oct 9 • 10:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Denison business flourishing, 7 years after downtown fire

Seven years after a destructive fire on Main Street in downtown Denison, Texas, the area has been revitalized with a new visitor center and a Phoenix sculpture created from the remains of the buildings that burned. This transformation honors the past while embracing the revitalization of the once-devastated block.

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Oct 9 • 5:40 PM EDT • Business • kten.com
‘Avatar: Seven Havens’ review: Beloved franchise gets vibrant expansion

The sequel to "Avatar: The Last Airbender" and "The Legend of Korra," premiering Friday on Paramount+, is a worthwhile franchise addition, writes our reviewer.

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Oct 9 • 4:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Promising Entertainment Stocks To Watch Now

Verizon Communications, Spotify Technology, Walt Disney, Roblox, Take-Two Interactive Software, SEA, and GameStop are the seven Entertainment stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Entertainment stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in producing, dis

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Oct 9 • 1:02 PM EDT • Entertainment • marketbeat.com
Meharry Medical College’s G.O.A.L.S. Celebrates Five Years of Inspiring Middle School Students Through Hands-On Science and Health Exploration

Nashville, Tenn. – For five years, Meharry Medical College has been planting seeds of possibility in young minds through G.O.A.L.S.—Go Out and Love Science—an immersive, hands-on experience designed to introduce middle school students to science, medicine, dentistry and health-related careers. Recently, nearly 200 sixth, seventh and eighth graders from Haynes Middle School came to Meharry’s

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Oct 9 • 12:24 PM EDT • Science • tntribune.com
'Avatar: Seven Havens' renewed for Seasons 3 and 4 on Paramount+

Get ready for a lot more Avatar.

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Oct 9 • 12:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com
Intense talks convinced Reedijk over Hibs job

Marink Reedijk was convinced Hibernian was the right move for him after a seven-hour meeting with the club's board in London.

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Oct 9 • 10:14 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Business Beat: Coldwater Ponderosa ownership celebrate 7 year anniversary

COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Ponderosa Steakhouse is celebrating seven years of successful operation u...

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Oct 9 • 8:20 AM EDT • Business • wtvbam.com
Japan sees record number of workers’ compensation approvals for mental health in fiscal 2025

The figure, published in this year’s white paper on measures to prevent karōshi, marked a record high for the seventh consecutive year.

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Oct 9 • 4:54 AM EDT • Health • japantimes.co.jp
'Avatar: Seven Havens' review: The Avatar apocalypse is a bold, brilliant addition to the franchise

"Avatar: Seven Havens" blows everything up, and the franchise is better for it.

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Oct 9 • 3:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com
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Spurs coach Mitch Johnson lauds Devin Vassell's growth as leader

The forward is more vocal entering his seventh season and coming off a strong all-around performance in his first postseason.

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Oct 9 • 12:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Law firm with Garden City office expands legal team

Moritt Hock & Hamroff is expanding its Garden City office. It has hired seven new associates from the 2026 law school graduating class. The firm emphasizes mentorship and AI training to prepare young lawyers for evolving legal challenges while growing its Long Island presence and maintaining a collaborative environment.

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Oct 8 • 11:28 AM EDT • Business • libn.com
Ilitch development arm opens first phase of 170-unit apartment restoration near LCA

Olympia formally opens the first phase of the seven-building Henry Street Apartments restoration.

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Oct 8 • 11:05 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
Support for businesses taking public stances on issues drops: Gallup

Americans’ support for businesses taking public stances has dipped, according to a new poll, as many companies have curried favor with President Trump during his second term. Forty-seven perc…

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Oct 8 • 10:12 AM EDT • Business • thehill.com
SEVEN FEATHERS HEALTH: St. Pierre aims to help those in need and inspire the next generation

The drive for Dr. Dakota St. Pierre’s career is quite simple, to serve people in need, transform a health care system he views flawed and inspire young people who are

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SEVEN FEATHERS HEALTH: St. Pierre aims to help those in need and inspire the next generation

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Bartunkova beats Muchova to reach China Open semifinals

BEIJING (AP) — Nikola Bartunkova reached her first WTA 1000 semifinal after beating fellow Czech Karolina Muchova 6-3, 6-0 at the China Open on Thursday.Bartunkova stamped her authority on the quarterfinal by racing to a 5-0 lead against her seventh-seeded opponent.

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Oct 8 • 5:43 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Sheryl Crow gets candid on 'Pick You Up,' politics and speaking out

The singer sat down with The Tennessean in Nashville to discuss her new seven-track project and whether entertainers should share their political views.

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Oct 8 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
BBC Sport weekly quiz: What was odd about Lionel Messi's Argentina debut?

How much attention have you paid to what has happened in the world of sport over the past seven days?

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Oct 8 • 2:18 AM EDT • Sports • bbc.com
Who Won August and September: Original Films or Franchises?

(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) I just heard someone say that if you’re reading a pundit or data analyst, and they don’t tell you that they got anything wrong, they’re not a pundit but an “influencer”. I agree with that. You have to tell your audience when you get things wrong, or they won’t (or shouldn’t) trust you as much. Today, we’ve got another edition of “What I Got Right, What I Got Wrong”. In general, I’m patting myself on the back (and patting very hard) about a few things like IP at the box office, LIV golf, horror films, crowdfunding movies, superheroes, and old people going to the theaters. That said, I also made a couple of data mistakes on the streaming bubble popping and HBO’s datecdotes, so I’m not perfect. But first, I need your feedback... Subscribe Follow-Ups: What Should We Call Mid-Budget Movies Which Aren’t Cinematic Enough for Theaters But Are Too Expensive to Make Money on Streaming? After I asked for feedback on what we should call straight-to-streaming films that are too big to pencil out on streaming but not really big enough to resonate in theaters, I got some great suggestions from you all, including... “Moldilocks” from John Aboud “Little Big Indie” from Travis Frick1 “Midflicks” from Jonathan Funke. “Extra-Medium” from Jona Nwuke. (Read the explanation in the footnote.) Between these and Brandon Katz—who suggested “Bermuda Budget Triangle”, “The Platform Gap” and “The Distribution Deadzone”—we’ve got some excellent suggestions. And they’re better than my suggestion, the “Streaming Budget Dead Zone”, so let’s take a poll! The winning entry becomes the new term. Loading... RIGHT: LIV Golf is Fully Bankrupt…Is Anyone Else Next? A few years ago, I was always a bit perplexed at all the articles I’d read praising LIV Golf and their strategy to disrupt the PGA. LIV Golf, a brand new professional golf league, offered PGA stars ten times what they made on the PGA Tour to join their new league. And folks praised this strategy for its initial “success” in that a lot of big names did indeed leave the PGA. Yeah, of course the players came over. LIV Golf paid them so, so, so much more! But LIV Golf hadn’t discovered a way to increase potential revenue. So think about this in basic business terms… They paid much more in costs… …but had no real way to increase revenue. That’s not a strategy! That’s deficit financing. It won’t work unless you bankrupt the competition (and then turn around and pay those same golfers much, much less). It’s not a sustainable strategy and only lasts as long as the company/person/nation backing it decides they’re cool with losing money. For LIV Golf, that meant Middle East oil wealth, in particular Saudi Arabian money. Clearly, the current Iran War has hurt Middle East finances, so they need to trim their more exorbitant spending. And LIV Golf was part of that trimming. This should be a major warning for others. TGL’s parent company, TMRW Sports, just got a $1 billion valuation, despite TGL’s (the indoor golf league) horrible TV viewership of less than half a million viewers per match. Unrivaled, the women’s basketball league, just secured a $650 valuation, despite its horrible TV viewership and a new rival (Project B) entering the scene next year. To relate this to streaming, Hollywood should ask which streamers may have wealthy patrons funding their losses. (Let’s be clear: Google, Amazon and Apple.) Could those patrons lose their appetite? For Amazon, probably not. But Apple has a new boss, so maybe! WRONG: My Analysis of the Streaming Bubble Was Missing a Week I’m going to be congratulating myself a lot today, but I make mistakes too, like this data goof. When I last compiled the data on the decline in TV shows, I was missing one week at the end of June. If you look at the first image, you can see that one week was mislabelled as “July”. Mainly, this image got updated to show a 27% decline, not 29%: This change doesn’t really impact the overall analysis, but it is two percent better. By the way, through the third quarter, the decline increased and it’s now a 30% decrease since 2022. (I’ll write/visualize this in an upcoming article.) But I want you to trust me and my data. Especially these days, when many people are using LLMs that I know are inserting faulty data into their charts, I want to keep earning my audience’s faith. So that’s the accurate data. RIGHT: IP Remains Very, Very Popular In July, I wrote a giant (and I mean giant) article on Backrooms, Obsession, and the box office, going over what we know, what we don’t know about what works in theaters, looking at YouTubers, IP, the horror genre, comic book movies, and a whole lot more. The month of August really tested a lot of my theses and, being honest, mostly supported my arguments. Let’s start with IP. Looking at 8-Aug (the weekend after Spider-Man: Brand New Day came out) to 18-Sep (the weekend that Resident Evil came out, which I think provides a nice bookend to this time period), there were seven films based on pre-existing IP: Resident Evil (2026) ($126 million) Practical Magic 2 ($65 million) _Insidious: Out of the Furthe_r ($65 million) Coyote Vs. Acme ($59 million) Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie ($53 million) Tony ($15 million) Super Troopers 3 ($7 million) Compare those to the notable original films from the past month—I actually could have included more movies, but here are just thirteen, bringing us to an even twenty films—including.... The End of Oak Street ($54 million) Buddy ($26 million) Mutiny ($15 million) By Any Means ($15 million) The Dog Stars ($14 million) Runner ($14 million) One Night Only ($11 million) Hope ($8 million) Spa Weekend ($7 million) The Uprising ($6 million) Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma ($6 million) Onslaught ($3 million) Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man ($2.8 million) Here’s that in chart form: Five of the top six films in this time period were all based on IP. I made a big chart of films that grossed over $200 million at the box office before Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey hit theaters. Let’s update that chart! By the way, if you want to see how I categorized each film—so another bar chart—here it is: I know that many of my fellow critics/pundits/analysts dislike films based on IP and how Hollywood is making so many of them. And I’m sympathetic to this point of view. As I’ve written many, many times before, you need a balance between existing franchises, new IP, and original films. And Hollywood clearly needs to make more films like Resident Evil (a well-made film from a visionary director) and fewer Practical Magic 2’s (which didn’t get critical or customer buzz). But at some point, critics and pundits need to contend with what audiences are telling them: Movie-goers aren’t showing up to original films. Audiences are speaking with their dollars, telling you they want more IP and franchises. You can try to convince studio heads to make fewer IP-based films and franchises, but the data and numbers aren’t there. Instead, critics need to work harder to convince audiences to show up for original films. Aim your ire/concern at the average person, not studio heads.2 Because they’re just making the films that audiences are telling them to make. WRONG: Original Horror Films Didn’t Break Out I’ll be honest, even though I wrote an article casting some skepticism on the horror genre in July, if you asked me to make a prediction, I would have predicted that, in August, a new, original horror film would have blown up. No, seriously, I just assumed that Obsession and Backrooms presaged a change in audience behavior. But none of the buzzy new original horror films from August—Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Onslaught (not an action film in spite of the ads), The End of Oak Street, Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man, or _Buddy—_broke out. To be clear, exactly one of those films (Buddy) had good “ROI”, but again—I try to be specific in my language—none were “popular” in any broad sense of the word. None of them will be “saving” movies theaters like Backrooms or _Obsession_helped save the summer. The new Insidious film and Resident Evil, both based on IP, were far and away the biggest horror films since July. (We’ll see if this changes in October/Halloween season.) RIGHT: Stay Skeptical about Crowdfunding... I’ve long been skeptical about crowd-investing platforms as one of Hollywood’s saviors, mainly because there’s so much hype/buzz. People need to stay more skeptical about more things, explaining both the potential upside but also the downsides. In particular, the media often hypes crowdfunding at the start and never checks in on the actual results after they’ve come in later. And August gave us our first update! _Ice Cream Man—_directed by Eli Roth—grossed $6 million off of a $5.5 million budget. This is a production of The Horror Section, which was one of the first “crowd investing” studios with 2,400 investors, which means that 2,400 investors probably lost money. They certainly aren’t getting as great of returns as if they had just invested their dollars in the stock market. Hopefully Stiletto (Tagline: “Someone’s Going to Make it Rain Blood!”) does better next month. WRONG: Another Data Goof Here’s another data error. When the first episode of House of the Dragon came out, HBO put out that it had 21.5 million viewers in the first three days, and I read that to mean in the US…but no, it was global. So my US-only datecdotes charts shouldn’t have included it. We never got US-only numbers for the first episode, but for the final episode, HBO put out that it had 11 million US viewers. (And that global dropped to 21 million viewers.) Here’s the updated chart (which I’ve since used in the Streaming Ratings Report): Still, this show is absolutely huge. RIGHT: Superhero Films Remain Very, Very Popular After Supergirl flopped, I read a few takes that “comic book movies are going the way of the Western”. Post-Spider-Man: Brand New Day, that take didn’t age well. To be fair, I have a very nuanced take on the superhero genre right now; it’s down right now, for a lot of reasons. But it’s not “dead”. Maybe _Spider-_Man is just a really popular character? I saw that take, and it’s a fair counter-argument. (But pundits arguing that superhero movies were dead should have mentioned this $1.5 billion counter-argument…) But is it just Spider-Man? The next Avengers film already has $50 million in pre-sales (and I was skeptical that that film would do well) and the Avengers: End Game re-release topped the box office two weekends ago (over three original films). And I wouldn’t bet against Batman or Superman. So maybe it’s just Spider-Man, Batman, Superman and the Avengers. Oh, and Deadpool, of course. And Black Panther. And Wolverine. And probably the X-Men. Plus a well-made Wonder Woman or the Hulk film could break out. But that’s it! It’s just those ten characters/teams. Oh, what’s that? Lanterns is also doing well on HBO? (See previous section…) To be fair, I’m actually pretty sympathetic to the argument that more popular characters—like Spider-Man and Batman—anchor more popular films. In fact, I made that exact argument three years ago when I first wrote about the “Marvel-cession”. In many ways, you can blame The Guardians of the Galaxy for fooling Marvel Studios (and the rest of us) into believing that any character could pop. It turns out, the list of iconic characters is probably smaller than most people think. But it’s probably too early to say that superhero films and comic book movies are dead unless “death” means a slight decline over a longtime. RIGHT: Who Killed Theaters? Old People I get frustrated whenever I see headlines or analysis about how young people are “returning” to theaters. As I’ve detailed(for years), young people have always powered the US box office, despite narratives about “kids these days” and their “phones”. Really, what’s changed post-2020/pandemic is that old people aren’t going to the movies nearly as much. This summer, I saw a movie (from an older director) in a theater near a retirement community, and multiple older people at the theater were talking about how this was their first time seeing a movie in years. I dislike personal anecdotes, so YouGov can fill in the data, best summarized by this headline: “Who killed movie theaters? Not the youths”. According to them, 64% of people aged 18-29 have seen a movie in the last year, but only 30% of 65-and-older. 20% of 18-29 have seen a movie in theaters in the last week and 42% in the last month. Here’s the polling data: Most concerning? Many Americans (17%) think theaters are a worse or much worse experience than watching films at home. Slight WRONG: Hadestown Opens Big A live theater capture of the Broadway musical, Hadestown, made $20 million at the US box office, which begs the question: was I wrong to be skeptical about musicals a few years ago? Yes and no. On the one hand, $20 million is a far cry from being “popular”, so yeah, the genre isn’t that popular overall and Hadestown is one of the more popular musicals from recent years (i.e. the “Taylor Swift Data Fallacy” in action). On the other, I doubt filming this cost all that much, and I don’t think that they spent much on marketing, so this is a good source of ancillary revenue. Smaller Updates WRONG: As I mentioned in a Streaming Ratings Report, I underestimated the budget for Enola Holmes 3. It probably cost more like $50 million, if not more. But... I’m not sure that it really matters? At sub-10 million hours, prices have to come down to make this work. WRONG: Netflix is giving Ink a 27-day in theaters! To quote the kids/YouTubers these days, let’s go! Now I might actually have a chance to see Danny Boyle’s latest in theaters. I’d complained about this in a “Coming Soon” section, but I was heartened to read that Netflix is giving multiple films longer theatrical windows this year. RIGHT: Netflix is sending 4-5 films per year to theaters. Netflix is slowly but surely sending more and more films to theaters, as I cautiously predicted earlier this year. For now, it’s just three big films and a number of awards contenders, but still, this is great news. And they’ll be releasing box office grosses! Just this week, Ted Sarandos confirmed that KPop Demon Hunters 2 will come to theaters (and my guess is it performs in the box office top ten at a minimum). WRONG: Angel has 3 million subscribers! How do I know this? Well, they told Deadline, who reported it. I marked this as “wrong”, since they’ve doubled their subscribers in one year but, you know, they don’t really have a hit film to speak of and they’re still losing money. WRONG: Furious was only renewed for one more season. I accidentally wrote “two more seasons” in my latest “Renewals, Cancellations, Un-Orders and Removals Update”. RIGHT: House of David is ending with its third season. In July, Prime Video renewed House of David for a third season, as I just wrote in my latest “Renewals and Cancellations” report. Well, now it’s ending after that third season. Why? As I’ve been writing, its viewership wasn’t great. I got feedback that this show didn’t cost very much, but it cost enough that its limited viewership didn’t save it. WRONG: Adults was a Hulu original! So I missed Adults when it first came out last year; I saw that it aired on FX and just assumed that it was a linear-first program. Turns out, it aired three episodes on FX, but binge-released the rest of its episodes the next day on Hulu. Huh. So I should have covered it last year! But I just wrote about it. 1 “When I was a kid in the 90s, if you wore a t-shirt to school that wasn’t too big and also wasn’t too small, but somehow didn’t quite fit, we’d say you were wearing an “extra-medium” shirt.” 2 As always, a huge exception is Disney, which barely makes anything original anymore.

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Promising Entertainment Stocks To Consider

Spotify Technology, Walt Disney, Verizon Communications, Roblox, Skydance, Autodesk, and SEA are the seven Entertainment stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Entertainment stocks are shares of publicly traded companies involved in industries such as film, television

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Livingston officials allow ‘Pawn Shop’ film to continue in Montana

Livingston officials have voted to allow a controversial film to continue shooting in the southwest Montana town. The decision came after a seven-hour City Commission meeting on Monday, where commissioners

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Former Patriots Rookie RB Lands With NFC Foe

New England Patriots 2026 seventh-round pick Jam Miller signed with the Atlanta Falcons practice squad Tuesday. The post Former Patriots Rookie RB Lands With NFC Foe appeared first on HEAVY.

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Med Center Health first in region to offer new prostate cancer treatment

Med Center Health is the first hospital in the region, and the seventh in the state, to offer a new treatment for patients with metastatic prostate cancer.

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More than 1,000 students explore STEM careers through hands-on experiments at Science Museum

More than 1,000 seventh graders are testing robotics, electricity and virtual reality at Science Museum Oklahoma's Innovation Week.

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Seven Things Scientists Learned In 100 Years

And the one huge question we still haven't answered!

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University of Nebraska Sold $21K Worth of Used Urinals From Memorial Stadium

University of Nebraska fans are famously diehard — so much so that seven Cornhusker fanatics are now the proud owners of used urinal troughs from Memorial Stadium. The stadium is set to undergo a full renovation following the 2026 football season, and some of its fixtures are up for grabs. The university has already brought […]

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New on DVD: Get ready to mingle with 'DTF St. Louis'

Last month's Emmy winner for best limited series tops the DVD releases for the week of Oct. 13. "DTF St. Louis": HBO's seven-episode drama stars Jason Bateman as TV weatherman

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Michael Douglas recalls conversations with Rob Reiner about having sons with ‘serious drug issues’

The “Basic Instinct” star’s son Cameron Douglas previously served a seven-year sentence in federal prison for drug possession.

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Michael Douglas recalls conversations with Rob Reiner about having sons with ‘serious drug issues’

In his new memoir, Michael Douglas recalled conversations with Rob Reiner about having sons with ‘serious drug issues.’ Douglas’ son Cameron previously served a seven-year prison sentence for drug possession. Reiner’s son Nick wrote a semi-autobiographical film about his addiction.

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Steelers Reunite With Super Bowl Champion as Injuries Test Depth

Reeling from a crushing divisional loss and a depleted secondary, Pittsburgh fortifies its front seven by reuniting with veteran edge rusher KJ Henry to stabilize a thinning roster.

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Novak Djokovic: Former world No 1 wins China Open title without facing a match point in semi-final and final

Novak Djokovic earns his seventh career title in Beijing after Alex De Minaur is forced to retire injured; you can watch the WTA/ATP China Open and ATP 1000 Shanghai Masters live on Sky Sports

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Netflix's 'East of Eden' cast explain 'poetic' final scene, 'Timshel' meaning

Spoiler alert! The following story contains major details about the "Timshel," the seventh and final episode of Netflix’s limited series “East of Eden” (now streaming).

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From Secret Health Care Prices to Too Much Information

How a seven-year initiative to make health care pricing info more public has fallen short of expectations

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7 fun date night ideas this weekend in Fort Myers, Cape Coral

Looking for something fun to do this weekend with your sweetie? Here are seven date night ideas in Fort Myers, Cape Coral and the rest of Lee County.

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Washburn’s Women in Science Day gives girls a hands-on look at STEM

Seventh-grade girls from across Topeka got a hands-on look at what it's like to work in science at Washburn University's annual Women in Science Day.

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Viktor Gyokeres Extends Nations League Scoring Record With Romania Goal

Viktor Gyokeres has scored in a seventh consecutive Nations League game, extending the competition record he set for Sweden against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Science Teacher Arrested, Accused of Dragging 7th Grader 20 Feet by the Arm

A Florida middle school teacher was arrested after school surveillance video allegedly showed her pulling a student out of a classroom by the arm. Fada Concepcion, a seventh-grade science teacher at T...

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Did New Science Board Just Shift BioCryst's (BCRX) Investment Narrative?

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals recently formed a seven-member Scientific Advisory Board made up of experienced rare disease and drug development leaders to guide its research, clinical plans and regulatory approach. The depth of this board, spanning big pharma R&D, AI driven drug discovery and rare disease commercialization, directly targets BioCryst’s execution risk as it builds a broader pipeline beyond its current portfolio. We will now examine how BioCryst Pharmaceuticals’ investment narrative...

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CAS inducts seven into Hall of Fame

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) inducted seven distinguished members of the CAS community into its Hall of Fame on Friday, September 18.

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Doctors Should Keep an Eye on Your Mix of Medication. If They Don’t, You Should.

By Paula Span | KFF Health News Medications can snowball as we age. Pill organizers pile up. Prescriptions that are no longer necessary can mix with other drugs to create concerning side effects. “Once you get to six or seven prescription medications, you get a nearly 100% chance of some sort of ...

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2026-27 MLS NEXT schedule: Key dates to know

By MLSsoccer staffThe 2026-27 MLS NEXT season will be the seventh and largest in league history, expanding national competition and player development opportunities across North America's top youth so...

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Mike Macdonald: Seven personal fouls "unacceptable on any level"
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Scientists reveal what seven days of fasting does to the human body

Scientists found that prolonged fasting triggers major changes throughout the body, but many of the most interesting effects only appeared after about three days without food. The results suggest fasting may influence health in ways that go beyond weight loss and could eventually inspire treatments that mimic its effects.

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AkzoNobel is selling its Southeast Asia decorative paints business to Nippon Paint for $1.35 billion

The deal covers seven countries and is expected to generate about $1 billion in net cash proceeds after taxes and minority partners

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Seven-goal Clásico keeps Barcelona five points clear

Barcelona beat Real Madrid 7-0 in Liga F on Sunday, with Clàudia Pina scoring four goals to extend the Blaugrana’s perfect start and open a five-point lead at the top. The Guardian reported that mo...

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Seventeen Countries Back a Kyoto Vision for AI-Powered Science

Seventeen countries endorsed the Kyoto Vision for AI-powered science. Here’s what it proposes and what must happen next.

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Jalen Hurts Repeats Honest Analysis Of Eagles’ Loss vs Rams

Week 4 was another bad showing for the Philadelphia Eagles‘ offense. While they managed to add more points to the board after putting up just seven points in Week 3 against the Chicago Bears, the Eagles slightly improved their performance while shorthanded, putting up 20 points against the Rams. Still, it wasn’t enough. At the […] The post Jalen Hurts Repeats Honest Analysis Of Eagles’ Loss vs Rams appeared first on HEAVY.

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Seven receptions for Dohnte Meyers

Bengals WR Dohnte Meyers receives bigger role and posts seven catches and 82 yards

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Trey McBride records seven receptions

Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride registered seven catches for 31 yards on 12 targets in Week 4

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Michael Wilson flirts with century mark

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Michael Wilson posted seven receptions for 95 yards on 13 targets in Week 4

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Matthew Golden scores again in Week 4

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Matthew Golden posted three receptions for 21 yards and a touchdown on seven targets in Week 4

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Week 4 inactives for Rams

Los Angeles declares seven players inactive versus Philadelphia

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Week 4 inactives for Bills

Buffalo declares seven players inactive versus New England

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East Knox FFA members attend Ohio Farm Science Review

Seventeen members traveled to the Molly Caren Agricultural Center to learn about agricultural production and field demonstrations.

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Week 4 inactives for Buccaneers

Tampa Bay declares seven players inactive versus Green Bay

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Dodge City hands Rose Hill its first loss of season

The Red Demons opened the scoring on an Austin Pinon penalty kick in the seventh minute.

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How Americans’ Financial Health Is Faring In The “K-Shaped” Economy

Hey all, Jason here. Money20/20 is still two weeks away, but I’ve already started packing (not procrastinating for once!). My calendar is already filling up with various sessions I want to catch, meetings, and of course happy hours, dinners, and other side events. If you’ll be in Vegas and want to catch up, let me know by replying to this email, and we can try to find a time amidst the chaos of the Venetian. A big if not totally unexpected piece of news dropped on Friday: the Independent Community Bankers of America, a trade group that represents smaller U.S. banks, filed a lawsuit against the OCC and Comptroller Jonathan Gould, arguing that the regulator’s move to grant trust bank charters to firms seeking to use them to conduct substantial non-fiduciary activities exceeds the authorities granted to the OCC by Congress. I haven’t had time to fully digest the legal filing or speak to folks in my network about it, but you can expect to see coverage and analysis on it in next week’s newsletter. Subscribe or Support by Upgrading The NerdCon agenda just dropped. It’s stacked. Partner content: Nubank built an AI-first bank. Chime built its own banking core. Figure and Valon are rebuilding the mortgage stack. At NerdCon, you’ll hear from the people behind those bets: what they chose, what they learned, and what they’re still figuring out. The agenda is live, with leaders from Nubank, Chime, OpenAI, Remitly, Mercury, Figure, Valon and more. Follow the mainstage conversations, bring the problem your team is wrestling with to a hands-on workshop, or pull up a chair at a roundtable. Pick your quests. Meet us in San Diego, November 18–20. Fintech Business Weekly readers save 20% with code FBW20. Explore the Agenda Things To Know & Other Good Reads Federal Reserve Board finalizes changes to enhance the transparency and public accountability of its stress test and reduce volatility in its stress test-related capital requirements (Federal Reserve Board of Governors) FDIC Announces Conclusion of Independent Monitorship (FDIC) Modernizing Financial Regulation: Initial Observations from eSLR (Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman) The Data Version of Godzilla versus Kong: FRED Takes on AI (Fed Governor Christopher Waller) Financing the AI buildout (Brookings) Q3’26: Rules for Banks but Not for Crypto (Fintech Takes Banking) The Inevitability of Local Stablecoins (Lombard Notes) Delusions of AI Governance: The Human-in-the-Loop Comfort Blanket (Fintech Snark Tank) Stripe agrees to acquire Parafin to expand revenue opportunities for platforms and help small businesses grow (Stripe) Listen: Fighting Fraud in the Age of AI, with SEON’s Tamas Kadar (Fintech Business Weekly) How Americans’ Financial Health Is Faring In The “K-Shaped” Economy If there is one overarching theme across the economy and politics in the U.S. at the moment, it’s “affordability.” The term is vague enough to encompass a panoply of factors shaping Americans’ day-to-day lives: rising costs for the hallmarks of being “middle class,” including healthcare, housing, childcare, and education, inflation and rising interest rates, and a job market with the specter of AI hovering over it. At the same time, policy shifts under the Trump administration have resulted in reduced subsidies to those who get health insurance under the Affordable Care Act and new restrictions on qualifying for Medicaid and SNAP, the impacts of which have yet to be fully felt. These factors are contributing to declining consumer confidence and general dissatisfaction with the economy, despite continuing GDP growth and stock market records. This divergence is encapsulated in the idea of the “K-shaped” economy, in which a small proportion of Americans have seen their wealth balloon, while the majority of American households struggle to preserve the lifestyle they have. Perhaps the greatest determinant of which branch of the “K” a household is on is whether their wealth and income are primarily derived from employment vs. from assets. Nearly two decades of low interest rates and, more recently, elevated rates of inflation have benefited asset owners, while those whose income is primarily or solely derived from labor have largely seen real purchasing power stagnate or decline. This is reflected in recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing that labor share of U.S. GDP — the fraction of economic output that accrues to workers as compensation in exchange for their labor — dropped to just 52.8% in Q2 2026, the lowest since the BLS began keeping records. In 1947, approximately 2/3rds of economic output accrued to workers; even as recently as 2001, labor’s share of GDP was 64.1%. Against this backdrop, we’ve seen the rise of more credit and credit-like products: cash advance apps, “no-fee” overdraft, earned wage access, and buy now pay later, which are often used as small-dollar short-term borrowing mechanisms to meet immediate consumption needs or pay other bills (eg utilities, cell phone, other debt payments). With the markers of a middle class existence and, increasingly, basic financial stability seemingly out of reach for many, it should be no surprise there’s been an increase in “financial nihilism,” something industry peers like Alex Johnson and Frank Rotman have discussed and analyzed the roots of. The explosion of gambling and gambling-adjacent products and services — often marketed under the guise of being an “investment” — is inextricably intertwined with the rise of financial nihilism. Crypto, sports betting, and, more recently, prediction markets offer an escape or even hope of sorts, like a contemporary, digital version of a scratch-off lottery ticket, while leaving the overwhelming number of people who use such products worse off. Share of Households That Are Financially “Vulnerable” Ticks Up The Financial Health Network’s 2026 Financial Health Pulse® report adds context on how American households are faring. (I linked to this report in last week’s newsletter, but wanted to take time to further unpack the data in the report this week.) The Financial Health Network publishes the report annually, providing insight into how Americans’ financial circumstances are changing over time. The 2026 report is derived from a survey fielded in April and May 2026. The report leverages survey responses to assess indicators of financial health across spending, saving, borrowing, and planning/protecting and to determine a zero to 100 “FinHealth” score. Those with scores between 0 and 39 are considered “Financially Vulnerable,” consumers with scores ranging between 40 and 79 are defined as “Financially Coping,” and those with scores of 80 to 100 are “Financially Healthy.” The report found that moderate improvements in 2025 were reversed, with the share of respondents considered financially “vulnerable” rebounding to 17%. The longitudinal data reflect the impact of pandemic-era programs, like expanded unemployment, cash stimulus payments, and pauses of federal student loan payments. The positive impacts of those programs, as reflected in the Financial Health Pulse reports, had largely disappeared by 2023. While pandemic-era inflation — to be fair, in part caused by the various support and stimulus measures — had come down from as high as 9% in 2022, it has rebounded since the start of Trump’s second term, with tariffs and energy market disruptions owing to the war in Iran pushing prices back up. Specific indicators in the survey that deteriorated from 2025 to 2026 include the share of respondents spending less than their income over the past 12 months, the share paying all bills on time over the past 12 months, the share that have a manageable amount or no debt, the share that are “moderately” or “very” confident their insurance is adequate to cover them in an emergency, and the share that “somewhat” or “strongly” agree that their household plans ahead financially. Unsurprisingly, lower- and moderate-income households are more likely to struggle to pay their bills on time and have any funds leftover to save. The share of low-income households whose income exceeded their spending dropped from 35% in 2025 to 31% in 2026, while the share of upper-income households whose income exceeded expenses remained unchanged at 63%. Households with student loans or revolving credit card debt reported having “a bit more” or “far more” debt than was manageable at rates far higher than those not carrying these types of debts. The share of those with student loan debt indicating their debt load was too high to manage increased from 50% in 2025 to 55% in 2026, while the share of those with revolving credit card debt saying the same ticked up from 51% in 2025 to 54% in 2026. Households that had student loans were markedly more likely to be financially “coping” or “vulnerable” vs. those without student loans. In 2026, 27% of households with student loans were considered financially vulnerable, a jump of 6% points vs. 2025. Households without student loans saw just a 1% point increase (not statistically significant) in those considered financially vulnerable. Households’ perception of the affordability of categories of goods and services paints a stark picture, with less than one-fourth considering higher education affordable, about a third deeming childcare affordable, and less than half viewing healthcare as affordable. Fintech Business Weekly is made possible by the generous support of paying subscribers — bringing you independent analysis of banking, fintech, and crypto without fear or favor. You can support my work by becoming a paying subscriber if you aren’t already. Paying subscribers enjoy: access to the entire archive of nearly six years of newsletters extended versions of the weekly newsletter, with additional content and analysis and (for founding member tier) quarterly personal 1:1 fintech Q&A / strategy calls with me, tapping into my unparalleled knowledge of the intersection of banking and fintech and experience working in the sector, including helping to launch Goldman Sachs’ retail bank Marcus Support Fintech Business Weekly You can also support Fintech Business Weekly by sponsoring a newsletter or podcast, putting you in front of 93,000+ of the most influential decision makers in banking, fintech, and crypto. Learn more about sponsor opportunities or request a media kit by dropping me an email. Democratic Senate Report Highlights How Iran Uses Tether to Evade U.S. Sanctions Iran uses stablecoins, specifically Tether, to evade sanctions, fund regional proxies, and to purchase military drones, a report released last week by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations says. The report was authored by committee ranking member Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and the minority staff. Crypto and stablecoin proponents will often push back on criticism that criminals make use of these assets by arguing that, on an absolute dollar basis, far more illicit funds flow through traditional banking systems and payment rails than via crypto and stablecoins. And while that is likely true, it elides the reality presented in news story after news story: whether state actors — Russia, Iran, North Korea — or criminal groups, those looking to engage in illicit transactions increasingly favor stablecoins and, specifically, Tether (USDT). The report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released last week adds context to how Iran uses Tether has a lynchpin in its shadow banking system. The report analyzed 846 wallets that have been sanctioned or targeted for seizure, finding that 84% of them transacted exclusively or primarily in Tether. The ability to create near limitless, anonymous wallets and to move funds effectively instantaneously and irreversibly have made crypto a favored financial mechanism for bad actors. Stablecoins solved key drawbacks of bitcoin, namely, the original cryptocurrency’s highly volatile value in dollars. And while Tether (the company) has the technical ability to “freeze” or destroy funds, the company is often limited and reactive in its approach to doing so, the Senate report argues. Tether, which is nominally based in crypto-friendly El Salvador, “has stated that its compliance with OFAC sanctions is ‘voluntary’ and that it follows ‘OFAC guidelines,’” the Senate report says. Owing to these favorable attributes, Tether “became a primary cryptocurrency for Iran, Hamas, Hizballah, and the Houthis beginning in 2023 and has expanded in scale since,” according to the report. Tether’s role in Iran’s shadow banking system, the report says, is enhanced by crypto exchanges like Bybit, Kyrrex, OKX, Gate, and Binance, and through “over the counter” exchanges and hawala networks. The consequences of these financial flows aren’t hypothetical. The Senate report links Tether as a funds transfer mechanism to Iranian proxies in the region, including Hizballah, the Houthis, and Hamas. Tether has also been used to make payments to secure components necessary to manufacture drones, the report says. The report concludes by arguing that “[s]tablecoin issuers with a significant nexus to the United States, particularly those that offer dollar-denominated stablecoins, should be subject to American sanctions law rather than being allowed to hide behind foreign jurisdictions.” Stablecoin issuers like Tether must be held accountable for repeated failures to prevent illicit finance and sanctions violations by law enforcement, the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and OFAC, the report argues. [Paying Subscriber Exclusive] OUSD Goes Live, Make Your Own Neobank, U.S. Sanctions Russia’s A7 Network As “Transnational Criminal Organization” OpenUSD, the stablecoin issued by the Open Standard consortium that includes Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, core providers, crypto firms, and numerous banks, went live last week. Social commerce platform Whop raised eyebrows in fintech by offering creators on its platform the ability to launch their own neobanks, which the company describes as “great businesses that are easy to run,” in just 15 minutes. And OFAC and FinCEN target Russia’s “shadow banking” A7 Network — more on these stories after the paywall.

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Pandora mission begins science operations

Seven months after launch, Pandora has officially begun its mission: to catch never-before-seen glimpses of worlds beyond our

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Science teacher charged with dragging seventh-grader 20 feet by the arm out of classroom
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VB Health Launches Public Seven-Part Supplement Quality Standard

DENVER, Oct. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VB Health, a Denver-based dietary supplement company co-founded by a U.S.-licensed physician, launched...

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VB Health Launches Public Seven-Part Supplement Quality Standard

New company-wide standard, effective across the VB Health portfolio, establishes requirements for research, clinically relevant dosing, formula transparency, sourcing, U.S. manufacturing and every-batch testingDENVER, Oct. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VB Health, a Denver-based dietary supplement company co-founded by a U.S.-licensed physician, launched the VB Health Supplement Quality Standard today, a new public seven-part framework that establishes company-wide requirements for how its supplem

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NVIDIA Raises Shield TV Pro Price to $299, Discontinues Standard Shield TV

NVIDIA has raised the price of the Shield TV Pro from $199.99 to $299.99, effective October 2. The streaming box launched in October 2019 at $199.99 and held that price for almost seven years. Earlier this year, NVIDIA promised to keep updating the Shield TV, with hardware engineering SVP Andrew...

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How to watch Dodgers vs. Braves NLDS Game 1

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers open their 2026 postseason run on a sweltering Saturday afternoon, hosting the Atlanta Braves in Game 1 of the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium. Tarik Skubal will start for the Dodgers in Game 1, the team’s prized trade-deadline acquisition set to make his seventh career postseason start. Amazingly, […]

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Pellegrini rumored to start in Como clash

Injury halted him just when he was at his peak. With seven goals and four assists, last season seemed to be Lorenzo Pellegrini’s definitive redemption, but then physical problems compromised his pre...

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